Evening Prayer (Part 2)

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff begins his long bibliography and, unfortunately and without discernment, features Ernst Renan’s summary of Paul. Schaff occasionally strays like a lost sheep, trusting too much in the desires of his own heart, a power signal to his colleagues at Union as well as a nod to his German Half-Reformed background.

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff describes how the Papacy is filled with those of the Tusculam family, one a boy of 10-12 and another put on a hypersonic bullet train through clerical orders in one day. How cool is that?

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff discusses Cranmer’s travels to Colloquies of Frankfurt, Worms and Regensburg. Schaff notes that Calvin is an astute political observers.

For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch describes the tumultuous year of 1535 for the Royal Supremacy. Brutuality breaks out against Anglo-Papists including More and Fisher. That turns off Charles V and Francis 1, prompting Harry to look at an alliance with the Schmalkaldians. Purely political.

For the Creeds of Christendom, Vol. 1, Prof. Schaff discusses the Arminianizers in conflict with the Genesio-Lutherans (1560-1567) and the issues is sin, grace, free will, and unconditional predestination. The latter are faithful to Luther and the former to Melancthon’s synergism. If ya’ can add one penny to the great debt, it helps…every lil’ bit helps.

1994 CCC: our infallibilists in paragraphs #545-548 Arminianize and semi-Pelagianize the Kingdom parables. If ya’ can add to one penny to the enormous debt, that’s meritorious. How cool is that, Bro?

Westminster Confession of Faith 4.5:

5. Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen, in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith, or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions, or causes moving him thereunto; and all to the praise of his glorious grace.